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americans votes in crucial mid term elections that will determine who controls congress and could define the rest of jo biden's presidency. talk with many folks his mind's eye inflation and democracy with hundreds of election deny is among the republican candidates ah, on the balkan. this is jesse rely from london also coming up celebrations as hundreds of my grants are allowed to disembark from 3 boats initially. but another ship head for from soft of the 234 people that rescued on tonight pulled. plus, i'm malcolm web at a camp for displace people. the goma in the democratic republic of congo, tens of thousands of people have arrived here in the last week or so. seeing violence. fighting between the n 23 rebel grape and government forces

to begin early united states, where people have been casting their ballots in the crucial midterm elections, which could see the democrats lose control of congress are pending. the rest of j biters presidency at stake are all 435 seats in the house of representatives where the current democratic majority is just 8. $35.00 or the senate's a 100 seats are being contested. right now. they're equally divided. so a change of control in just one seat could put the republicans in charge. $36.00 states are electing governors and $27.00 are electing their secretary of state who in most places is the official in charge of elections. according to the brookings institution, 345 candidates on the ballot back, donald trump's false claim that the 2020 presidential election was flawed. which means people who reject the last presidential election could end up in charge of

running. it's next one. what we've got to, to correspondence to begin to speak to next. kimberly how get at the white house of but she had the tansy is waiting for us. capitol hill she had. let's start with you . of course, this could give us an indicator when the results are known. whether or not joe biden will be something of a lame duck president for the next couple of years. i've given the most optimistic democratic party models show the deborah crowds losing control of the house of representatives. you need the house of representatives and the senate to pass legislation unless there is enormous bipartisan agreement, which is very rare these days. that means the end of biden's legislative program. however, the senate does remain in play according to the polls that still gives biden of a democrat substantial powers. as far as regulatory agencies goes, as well as judicial appointments go, given how the teachers america, how about how so much ends up at the courses they've. these are very key,

very key powers, which will also be though to the biden. still has a great deal of leeway and discretion when it comes to foreign policy. but when you talk to democratic strategies to say, look, you see, the fact is the said it is to the play that shows how well in some ways our campaign has been, which we have no business, not been completely wiped out in congress. because midterms traditionally are a time when the incumbent party, that incumbent president is punished and look at the indicators, the economy, 40 percent inflation, biden's, popularity ratings, terrible. you know, we should be being published and they say about that shows of their message about democracy being on the ballot has paid off. i think more realistically, according to polls. there was this enormous boost when the supreme court ruled against a woman's right to choose in the summer and midterm elections all about turn out and getting your bass to the polls, even if you're nominally empower or if you're in power and to shake from any complacency they may have and certainly abortion was an issue that angered so many,

not just the base, not as young people, but also suburban women who might be tempted. suburban white women who might be tempted to vote republican, at least that's what they, that's what they told the pollsters over the over the last several months. now the key issues, whether they actually actually went to vote and we'll certainly least give the democrats the ability to retain control of the senate at least all right. she have for now many thanks over to the white house now. and kimberly huck itself waiting for us to had chance. kimberly, of course you've been covering this substantially over the past few days and we've been talking an awful lot about how much. oh notice, president biden has been placing on the knee to defend democracy almost 2 years since the storming of the capital. is that a message though? that is galvanized voters to come out on mass? hi. you know, you think it would be given those images that were so powerful on january 6th, but that doesn't seem to be, it seems to be in the rear view mirror for so many americans. and what seems to be

in the forefront now is the issue of put the food on the table, paying rent, or a mortgage, or even putting fuel in the gas tank of the car, or heating the home. and so that is what is the issue that's driving people to the polls is really the economy. it's inflation that sort of 40 year high. in fact, the pulls indicate that's the driver for about 88 percent of americans that are choosing to vote. and so, even as the president tried to put democracy on the ballot, it didn't seem to resonate americans seem to be more motivated by these financial issues. that's a problem for joe biden. and what we're seeing really is kind of a somber mood here at the white house. you can see the sun is setting behind me. the balance will soon be starting to be counted as the 1st poles will close. here in the east coast of the united states, but in terms of the results, it could still take some time for those to come in. given the fact that the ballot,

sir, now mail in as well as hand tallied and electronic as well. so we could have results that come in in days, it could be weeks even months, given some of the court challenges that already happen filed from $100.00 or more. so already there are questions about how long this results is going to take. but we do know that the pulls seem to indicate that right now, it is favoring the republicans taking over the house of representatives. the senate still very much in play, but that is not going to be good for joe biden. and his legislative agenda for the remainder, 2 years of his 1st presidential term committee alcott love the white house. many thanks. all right, well let's take a look now at 2 of about gram states that could determine who controls congress in a moment will hear from table elizondo in pennsylvania. but 1st of course, sir john hendern, whose life in atlanta, georgia. sir john, why is georgia such a crucial battle in this year? mid terms?

well, within 2 hours, we'll have to go before the pose close. there has already been tremendous interest here in early voting. we had 2500000 people vote. that's more than last mid term in 2018. there are only 7000000 people registered in the state of georgia. and the reason georgia matters is that georgia could decide which party controls the senate . we know that because it did it 2 years ago. that was when this typically republican state, which until then had consistently voted red, elected to democratic senators, along with putting joe biden over the edge in this state as well. one of those senators was rough, a. a warnock is the 1st black senator from the state of georgia. he's also a preacher who preaches from the pulpit that martin luther king one spoke from. and

now this time around in order to keep his seat that he won in a special election a year ago, he's going up against herschel walker. herschel walker is a famous university of georgia football player here. i think the republicans were looking for someone with a big name who could attract big money to this very important race. and they are running neck and neck. most polls show them within one percentage point of each other. so each party has spent a lot of money to try to get the word out. in fact, it's a quarter of a $1000000000.00 has been spent on you. vickers advertising, that is all over the airwaves here. much of it. negative. one of the reasons for that is that there have been a number of revelations about herschel walker. he is anti abortion. 2 of his ex girlfriends say that he has paid for abortions there. and he is also said that black men should be more involved in their families. it's been reveal that he's had 3 legitimate children over the course of his campaign. so a lot of negative advertising on both sides, particular targeting walker,

they're trying to get out the vote because they hope that georgia will put one party over the top. john many thanks don henry, and then atlanta, georgia to gabriel. i was on there now in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, and gabriel, we've had some big hit. is there over the past few days during campaigning, obama trump, and of course a biden himself or another fierce battle underweighed a it sure is, and this is a really interesting race. and a very complex state, it's hitting to a senate candidate said are really polar opposites on one side, on the republican side, you have celebrity doctor met, met oz. he's backed by donald trump and he's a television personality. if you will lose a very smooth speaker, and he was down in the polls throughout the summer and day,

but he's caught up in the last few weeks and not only caught up in some polls, he's actually neck and neck or even slightly ahead of the democratic challenger now, who's that? that's the lieutenant governor john fedor, mon. now he's an interesting guy because he sa pitches himself is kind of a real a man of the people if you will. he's almost never wears a shirt and tie, wears kind of baggy sweat shirts all the time. he's very simple spoken individual. i isa was a mayor of a suburb, small town, just outside of pittsburgh here. and he had a stroke in the middle of this campaign. and actually did not campaign in person for many months. and it's the stroke is actually impeded his ability to verbalize and speak sometimes. so some voters have said they're worried that day he would be able to deal with the high pressure of being in the senate. he so all of this race is very close. the latest polls show that both candidates are about 46 per cent,

is could be a very long night here in pennsylvania, a nail biter indeed. gabriel amazon. they live in pittsburgh. thanks. a rescue ship with 234 migrants on board is heading to france, hoping to be given safe port there. after being refused entry by italy's new far right government. but italy has allowed migrant some 3 other charity bows to disembark. tony berkeley reports from the sicilian port of katana, a cry for help, which had gone unheard by a right wing italian government for 4 days. in sylium port of catania, hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers had been stranded. aboard vessels after being rescued in danger, sees and refused permission to enter the country because they were not deemed as being vulnerable. then a group went on hunger strike thing that they're not going to eat until they're leaving this vessel. they understood that they need to be sick to enter the european union and they said,

we're going to be sick if that's needed. the german registered the humanity one and geo. brent from norway have a total of $250.00 migrants on board. they've been in port for 4 days. during the middle of the night, a 3rd boat, the rise above with 93 migrants, was allowed to docking calabria further up the coast, surprised that 5 days and see now the 3 rescue persons destroyed. and since 5 days had a big challenge with stormy, went outside people now finally, they been allowed to disembark, but it's unclear. are we allowed to stay a 4th boat? the ocean viking carrying 234 people, mostly africans, and women,

and children is heading to france after being refused permission to enter italy. there were small signs earlier in the day. the government of georgia, maloney is beginning to soften its stance on tuesday, immigration police or medical teams were seen boarding, the gio brents for interviews and health jacks. the captains of the ships have refused a government order to leave port. they say they will only leave once all have been allowed to enter italy. italians are divided over the migrants issue. over the centuries the city has gone rich because of the sea. people here know what it can bring and the terror it can inflict terror that migrants know all too well. they don't go into it. i think the government to think about us italians and send them my guns back home. european. so there shouldn't be kept on that boat, they should be allowed all that it's not right. the africans are off. right? oh wow. wow. julia maloney was elected on

a promise of migrant crackdown. she had been silent over the current issue, but in the catania headquarters of her brothers for italy, party, which once house ma salinas fascists in the 2nd world war, they believe their leader is doing the right thing. your pennsauken, the dallas f agenda will. italy is during what of the european nations, or during like in france or spain or cyprus on walter. the defense of the border and the legal entry of migrants is not about political right or left. it's about national interest. but there is strong support for those seeking a safer and better life. it seems that the italian government may be slowly back tracking on its hard line migrant stand. and there appears to be signs of divisions within the administration about just how to handle this situation. at a time when most italians are more focused on a cost of living crisis than people escaping poverty, tony berkeley out as area cataneo port sicily. so to come this half hour,

russian installed authorities in the her. so region say they've completed the evacuation of residence ahead of an anticipated offensive by ukraine. could you k and e, u b, closing in on a deal to resolve a bit of post breaks it dispute on northern ireland. ah, now the riverside new south wales and victoria have been very high, the latin sticklers, but in flood. so to see dry is fine and see temperatures up to 2930 thing or a curly summer 7 degrees above average, but do not be complacent because this line here is developing rain wrapped around a little sitting here in the bite. now behind it, it's nice and quiet, few shells, maybe in perth, western australia. but as that thing develops to bring significant shirey rain into

the same area that contains the flux. so new south wales and victoria once more and the temperatures will come down, as you might expect, as that happens in new zealand, that looks a bit disappointing. 15 in christ church, a few degrees below where it should be has been up and down a lot. recently, as i'm sure you're aware, and there's the rain risk in the far north and no nothing otherwise, things will improve. i think, in the days to come it's looking fairly dry. now throughout most of vietnam except the coast line is significant. rain, which is commensurate with the coming ne mom. so it gives you heavy potential rain in maybe lives on the north, the philippines set dancer towards singapore and sumatra. we still got rain in the south of india, but occasional showers in the northwest and in northern pakistan. ah, a new series, exploring how traditional knowledge from indigenous communities is helping tackle

today's environmental catastrophe. in colombia, a scientist to understand why he's in one thing. still thriving in the coastal mountains of the sierra nevada destinations frontline . this story night towed on al jazeera ah ah, a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera americans are voting in crucial mid term elections, which could see the democrats lose control of congress. at stake all 435 seats in

the house of representatives, and 35 seats in the senate. poll suggests republicans will take the house, but the battle to control the senate looked tighter. coming down to close elections in pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, and nevada. and a rescue ship with 234 migrants on board is hoping to let people off in france after being refused entry by italy's new, far right government. but italy has allowed migrants from 3 other charity boats to disembark. for one days accusing the democratic republic of congo of provocation. after a congolese fighter jet entered rwandan air space congolese planes have been targeting m 23 rebels and east and d r c. from the city of goma, malcolm web reports design debbie san garner and her husband. chicory took us to where they buried their newborn son just a few hours before we met them. they said they fled their village. last week,

when the m 23 rebel group bombed it, they walked for 3 days sleeping rough on the roadside to reach here. keystone just to get from the child was very tired in my way. and because of the days i spent on the road, my pregnancy started feeling very bad. and then yesterday i gave birth to the child, passed away today. their son just 10 hours old. he's one of the youngest to die, and the conflict between conga leaves, government forces, and m $23.00 widely understood to be a proxy of neighboring rwanda. although rwanda denies it. this is their new home. among many new arrivals at this camp for this place, people on the outskirts of the city of goma florence b. her he case showed us where people are sleeping. she was a farmer and the community health worker until she fled the fighting. earlier this year, she told us 22 children have died here, and

a women have had miscarriages in the last 10 days. will not be our bomb. both of us were fleeing the bombs getting tired on the road and sleeping outdoors. so you have babies stillborn. some miscarriages are the direct consequence of the trauma from being bombed by the rebels. some are dying in their sleep just a few days after being born because of living in such bad condition. there isn't enough food to eat. many people here are surviving on just one meal a day and the shelters on adequate. it's raining heavily, almost every day here at the moment. some people were given a plastic sheets by the government, others told us they had to sell it just to be able to afford food. so they've made shelters from leaves and sticks. instead, there isn't enough clean water to drink. and there were tens of thousands of families here struggling in these conditions with hardly any help. congress army

says his new offensive will help. he lost ground to m $23.00 over the last year. now it's pushing back bombing rebel positions with fight to jess and attack helicopters. and 23 wrote in a statement that is the asteroid sort of displacing people. every one we spoke to here said they ran in fear before that as soon as the rebels came close and 23 widely known for forcing civilians to fight or work. and so killing them if they don't, nobody here knows if or when it will be safe enough to go home. in the meantime, they desperately need help. malcolm webb, al jazeera, goma, democratic republic of congo, a russian appointed official in ukraine's. her san region says the mass evacuation of civilians has ended, but the ukrainian governments is described. the movers force deportation assa bay has more from creepy re in central ukraine. will have been hearing about is

evacuations for a while now. russian president vladimir putin as endorsed evacuation, but i'd recreation, but there's been extra impetus over the last few days. that's because both sides have accused each other. i've talked to that damn further up river, both sides of accused each other of wanting to blow it up and it does blow, it will have devastating consequences. but there's also extra impetus, because russian forces had given residents around that dam until dead until the 10th of november to evacuate. and there is a feeding here to the 10th feeling that something will end unfold over the next few days. even here where we've been, we've been hearing a sirens overnight over the last few days, there's been reports of explosions. although because of media restrictions, we can't go and see what or if anything has been hitting around her son. there is this feeling amongst the ukrainians that something is going to happen. and carson is very important to the russians, is the only regional capital that they've managed to take them to start of the war

is the only point to west side of that river. in april that the russian troops occupied her son is a gateway to the south, is also important for fresh water supply to annex crimea. in fact, russia annexed it back in 2014 the ukrainians cut off water. so russians took person, they reinstated that water supply. in fact, it was one of the reasons for president putin gave for the invasion of ukraine. all of a 1000 people have been indicted in iran's terran province, as the judiciary vows to crack down on anyone who commits crimes during a wave of antique government protests. the authorities appear to have deployed mounted police in the capital to try to stifle demonstrations. meanwhile, students at toronto, sharif university, been seen singing in protests. the unrest began in the wake of the death of 22 year old master emily, who died in the custody of around the taurus morality police. in september. the un

high commissioner for human rights is urge egypt, who immediately released jailed egyptian british political activists. allah abdel, fathom, volker took says the blog as life is in imminent danger. and he needs medical attention. abdul factors been on a 7 month hunger strike in private prison and stopped drinking water 2 days ago. but the top 27 summit began in egypt. he's been in prison on several occasions most recently since september 2019. there's hope the e u and u. k. are closing in on a deal to resolve a bit. a dispute of a post breaks it trading rules for northern ireland and the rest of the k. but it's not just customs arrangements of steak as where we challenge reports from belfast. the dispute has cast out on the very foundation of peace in northern ireland. if you want to make sense of northern ireland then and now speak to paul donnelly, we're not doing the trial or what was we done in the past. there are still trauma, lack of food, we are still displaying complex behaviors considerably off to the offense. the

belfast tool guy takes visit is 325 years worth of bombings and shootings. and he knows the central pillar of northern ireland peace. the good friday agreement. he worked on it as a mediator. manth at the various parties had been so conflicted a grade that they were not going to conduct the conflict monitor any more. so essentially i brought an ams to most of the violence signed in 1998. the good friday who belfast agreement set out power sharing between nationalists and unionists and brought down barriers between northern ireland and the irish republic . but breakfasts, his stress testing the agreement to potential destruction. questions about the deer ability of the good friday agreement and now coming from across the political spectrum, whether that be iris prime in a semi colon, martin, northern, on an eunice or those for whom the agreement over emphasizes divisions. and marginalize is a growing center ground. a mock funerals for the good friday agreements that

already say some unionists because of the northern ireland protocol. part of the u . k is post breakfast trading arrangement with the e. u. the protocol established in effective customs border between northern ireland and the british mainland. the unionists, an unacceptable revision of northern islands place in the u. k. northern ireland constitutional possession was supposedly protected by the agreement. what we have seen through the northern protocol was that guarantee the promise was a shop. it wasn't worth the paper that was written. so what a disagreement is, we're seeing this interest alliance party has different concerns. it wants the agreement re balanced so unionist or nationalists parties aren't able to obstruct functioning government. i think that to have a good, a good fit for purpose. in 2022, we need to remove the beatles that are currently being abused by sion fan, and the dp is currently a 3rd way and ordinarily desantis union is 1st nationalist, northern ireland county has no functioning governments. unionists have collapsed

power sharing over the northern on and protocol. the u. k. government is obliged to call new elections, but few see this is a fix. even after that election, we don't know how it will be possible to get the executive functioning again, given that the t p is still likely to be taped participation. the good friday agreement was foundational for northern islands piece. and if you want to know what's at stake here, where poll donnelly will take you through it every bullet and bomb, rory challenz al jazeera belfast ah. castle 2022 will be the 1st world cup for wales since 1958 former real madrid and tottenham star gas bail will lead the sign. and as paul reached discovered, the welsh team have been shaking up their nation sporting priorities. garrath, bail a true? well, class player about to lead his country to the well couple. the 33 year old is coming

to the end of a career that seen him when the champions league with rail madrid and reached the semifinals of your 2016 with wales. not about achievement for a country of 3000000 people. doris bail started out on the pitches here. a school in cardiff that has helped this small country punch well above its white on the sporting stage. which church school has also produced a national rugby captain under toward a front window. not even my father when my grandfather seen wells training, woke up sissy grey opportunity. it no vase was he elizabeth carla. carla is very sites in his they don't normally get that back. let me or the last time wales made the finals was 1958 in sweden left with jones and his teammates went out in the quarter finals to brazil. i'm a, i'm a good looking one at the end. the thanks to a welcome debut goal from a 17 year old legend in the making. nobody heard of pell a. i could always remember vividly. pick the ball up in his own off. and he's grown

posh, 3 wedge defenders. are you shocked the golden jacket? his manager just? we saw it like who is this? who is this kid? nobody, donovan? i mean, that was the emergence of possibly the greatest football in the world is ever seen was, was, was fairly the country's traditional national sports. rugby union has often overshadowed football in wales. but the journey to capital 2022 has seen the football team take the spotlight. rugby has always represented what it means to be . wow, certainly sort of outside. well, i think watch football team of ny taken on that mantle. the players are heroes in this country. everybody felt really emotional about 2016 and hearing that i'm from the welsh. i'm from for the 1st time in a major tournament, but i think going to catch our hearing it again, the usa in that 1st game. now.